Dr Manoj Khanna

Dr. Manoj Khanna

A pleasant appearance can open doors to new opportunities whereas unattractive looks may find the same avenues closed.

Aesthetic surgery, popularly known as "Cosmetic Surgery", has developed and become popular in the last decade. Because of increasing awareness and desire for self improvement, the demand for cosmetic surgery is at an all time high now.

Cosmetic surgery is performed for aesthetic reasons, whereas plastic or reconstructive surgery is usually performed for medical reasons to correct deformities. People elect to have cosmetic surgery to improve their appearance.

He was invited to demonstrate the technique of Hair Transplant to the ‘Baroda Association of Plastic Surgery’ (2001), ‘Guwahati Medical College ‘ (2001),’Cosmetic Surgery Clinic of Raipur ‘(2002) ‘ ‘Association of Plastic Surgery of West Bengal ‘(2001) and ‘Patna Medical College’ (2002).

He was awarded the First Prize for the Best Paper for his work on Hair Transplant and Liposuction at the 8th International Congress of Oriental society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery in Bali, Indonesia in Oct 2002.

Dr.Khanna has presented papers and delivered talks in various meetings and conferences all over the world, including the 17th Congress of the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery at Houston in August-September 2004. He was invited as Faculty to the Xth International Congress of The European Society For Laser Aesthetic Surgery meeting at Athens, Greee in May 2007, where he delivered two guest lectures on 'Innovations in Hair Transplantation in the Indian context- Review of 950 cases' and 'Hair Removal using LHE- The Indian experience'. He was the only Indian delegate invited to present a paper at the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS) meeting at Melbourne in Feb 2008.He was invited as Guest Faculty to the 'Aesthetic Asia' meeting in Singapore in September 2009 to give a talk on "Hair transplantation" and "MegaLiposuction". He was invited to give talks and participate in meetings of "Asian Association of Hair Restoration Surgeons" in Bangkok in 2011, "International Society of Hair Restoration Surgeons" meeting in Alaska in 2011, and "Association of Hair Restoration Surgeons of India" in Mumbai in 2011. He was also invited as Faculty to give a talk on Hair transplant by the "Indian Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons" in their National conference in Kodaikanal in March 2012.

Dr.Manoj Khanna was awarded the 'Swami Vivekanand National Award for Healthcare' for 2011 for his contribution to the teaching and practice of aesthetic surgery in India. He was awarded 'Mother Teresa International Award' for Medical Sciences in January 2014 in Kolkata. His dedication in medical treatment an training young doctors fetched him the 'Rajiv Gandhi Excellence Award' in New Delhi in September 2014.

He is a member of various bodies and associations, like Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons of India, Association of Plastic Surgeons of India, Association of Surgeons of India, Indian Medical Association, International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, etc. He has been nominated "Visitng Professor in Cosmetic Surgery for India" for 2007 by the Association of Plastic Surgeons of India. He was the President of the 'Association of Hair Restoration Surgery of India' in 2012. He is currently the President-elect of the "Indian Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons".

His achievements and involvement in this growing and vast field of Aesthetic Surgery is also immense. He is highly experienced and trained under famous aesthetic surgeons at different well known cosmetic surgery centers in California, Chicago, New York, Miami, Detroit, London, Paris, etc. Numerous qualified plastic and cosmetic surgeons from different corners of India and Asia come to him for training in cosmetic and aesthetic surgery, and he has trained to do various procedures, like Hair transplant, Liposuction, Breast surgery, Facelifts, Nose surgery, etc during their apprenticeship.

He has completed more than 5500 cases of Hair Transplant or Hair replacement, i.e. hair restoration in bald individuals. He has designed a special instrument called the "Kolkata Slit" which is being patented and is very useful for Follicular Unit Hair Transplantation or FUT.

He has reduced more than 500 cases of enlarged male breasts, known as gynecomastia or gynecomazia. He has also done more than 400 cases of Rhinoplasty or nose surgery operations, including dorsal augmentation, tip-plasty, hump correction, reduction rhinoplasty, Nose reshaping, Septorhinoplasty, etc.